Oscar Season is upon us, and the fine folks over at Kabbage caught the fever recently, awarding me their gold statue for “Tallest Thinking Cap.” In their fun article, they cite my pointy-headedness in the win “for always having his eye on the future of ecommerce.” I actually do enjoy trying to look ahead to [...]
I was cleaning up and updating the blog software and such when I ran across this little piece I’d written months ago. A lot of water has passed under the bridge, but I thought I should put this in place so that I could remember what this point in time was like for me. I’ll [...]
The eBay feedback DSR for Shipping & Handling is automatically getting 5 Star ratings if the Seller offered FREE SHIPPING, according to alert reader SimplyMyBusiness. I was able to test and verify this myself later in the evening, though it isn’t clear that it’s anything other than a trial run. When leaving feedback the Buyer [...]
Not long ago, somebody got it all figured out: the key to being found on eBay search was the first three words in a title. Only these first three keywords, it was explained, were used to determine if the search the Buyer entered was a match to the item. Like other “kinda-sorta-maybe” things that find [...]
Listen to the streaming podcast below (05:50) A recent PayPal announcement has surfaced of the payment services intention to make several changes in its fees. This has been met with a lot of complaining and grandstanding, so you’re probably wondering, “What’s going on?” There are three particularly important changes. The first one, scheduled to begin [...]
Arriving in the mail last week or so was a large-ish eBay envelope (which I let sit on my desk for a couple days, darn it). I was surprised at its contents: It reminded me fondly of an earlier time when eBay actively promoted an image that it was interested in the success of the [...]
Ebay has announced that all Sellers will be able to create USPS labels from the order details page in My eBay by the end of the month. Additionally, this will become the default printing option for Sellers over the span of the next few months, according to the announcement this week. The change may simplify [...]
eBay has launched the digital magazine www.TheInsideSource.com as part of its over-arching media push to recapture consumer mindshare. The “magazine” opens with a trendy look, focusing on designer trends and the usual pop culture stuff that appeals to that segment of the Consumer Nation. The launch was reported by Reuters. The debut edition includes a [...]
eBay’s new holiday advertising campaign has caught the attention of the Wall Street Journal, Fox Business and bloggers like Auctionbytes and eBay Strategies. It’s no wonder, since eBay hasn’t run a major media campaign in nearly two years. (If you don’t remember, your “windorphins” may have dropped since you last steeple-chased an aged appliance to “shop victoriously.”) [...]
